House Democrats have officially pushed Speaker Nancy Pelosi to schedule a vote considering articles of impeachment for President Trump. The vote will take place Wednesday and is being spearheaded by Texas Democrat Al Green.
Green is no stranger to articles of impeachment for President Trump and has introduced them multiple times on the House floor. They’ve never received a vote. Last night he did it again, leading to a full House vote later today.
Texas Rep. Al Green introduced articles of impeachment against Pres. Trump on Tuesday evening, a move that could force the House to take up the controversial subject later this week over the opposition of Democratic leaders. https://t.co/IiFVEIQGyN pic.twitter.com/JjZpsJYeiU
— ABC News (@ABC) July 17, 2019
Green's latest move came after the House voted to condemn President Trump for tweets about leftist Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib.
For months, Speaker Pelosi has desperately tried to slow down the momentum for impeachment, which is politically unpopular with voting demographics Democrats need to win or hold onto.
Given the statements made by the “squad’s” during a press conference earlier this week and during and interview with CBS News Wednesday morning, there are rough seas ahead.
.@RashidaTlaib says she doesn't regret saying of Trump, "We're going to impeach this motherf*cker"
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) July 17, 2019
.@IlhanMN says "I do not regret" her anti-Semitic comments pic.twitter.com/eytiJpJOX4
It is time for us to stop allowing this president to make a mockery out of our constitution, it is time for us to impeach this president.
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) July 16, 2019